Rita J. Valentino

21.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
201 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Rita J. Valentino is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita J. Valentino has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 104 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 68 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rita J. Valentino's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (129 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (68 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (58 papers). Rita J. Valentino is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (129 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (68 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (58 papers). Rita J. Valentino collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Rita J. Valentino's co-authors include Andre L. Curtis, Debra A. Bangasser, Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele, Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, Gary Aston‐Jones, Irwin Lucki, Stephen L. Foote, John F. Cryan, Luis A. Pavcovich and Beverly A.S. Reyes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Rita J. Valentino

198 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Assessing substrates underlying the behavioral effects of antidepressants using the modified rat forced swimming test

2005 925 citations Rita J. Valentino et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →
Sex differences in stress-related psychiatric disorders: Neurobiological perspectives

2014 517 citations Debra A. Bangasser, Rita J. Valentino profile →
Locus coeruleus: a new look at the blue spot

2020 410 citations Gina R. Poe, Stephen L. Foote et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
The Emerging Science of Interoception: Sensing, Integrating, Interpreting, and Regulating Signals within the Self

2020 352 citations Wen Chen, Angela M. Arensdorf et al. Trends in Neurosciences profile →
Polysubstance use in the U.S. opioid crisis

2020 171 citations Rita J. Valentino et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita J. Valentino United States	74	7.8k	6.7k	4.7k	3.3k	3.1k	201	16.6k
Catherine Belzung France	62	6.9k 0.9×	7.0k 1.0×	4.2k 0.9×	3.3k 1.0×	3.7k 1.2×	209	20.4k
Irwin Lucki United States	71	5.1k 0.7×	10.4k 1.6×	3.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	5.2k 1.7×	210	19.6k
Markus Heilig United States	85	4.7k 0.6×	12.2k 1.8×	3.1k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	6.7k 2.2×	395	22.3k
Paul J. Lucassen Netherlands	74	5.9k 0.8×	4.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	3.0k 1.0×	247	16.9k
Osborne F. X. Almeida Germany	63	5.4k 0.7×	3.6k 0.5×	3.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	181	12.9k
Pier Vincenzo Piazza France	58	4.5k 0.6×	8.1k 1.2×	3.1k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	3.5k 1.1×	124	13.3k
Carsten T. Wotjak Germany	66	3.8k 0.5×	5.5k 0.8×	3.9k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	182	13.7k
Benno Roozendaal Netherlands	81	12.5k 1.6×	5.7k 0.8×	7.5k 1.6×	9.5k 2.9×	1.8k 0.6×	181	22.2k
Guy Griebel France	58	4.0k 0.5×	5.3k 0.8×	3.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	174	12.0k
Francisco Silveira Guimarães Brazil	69	2.7k 0.3×	8.2k 1.2×	2.2k 0.5×	4.0k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	389	17.3k

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Torres-Sánchez, Sonia, Andre L. Curtis, Rita J. Valentino, & Esther Berrocoso. (2025). Deep brain stimulation changes locus coeruleus responses to social stress from activation to inhibition. Neurobiology of Stress. 38. 100745–100745.

Batavia, Jason Van, et al.. (2021). Somatostatin Neurons in the Mouse Pontine Nucleus Activate GABAA Receptor Mediated Synaptic Currents in Locus Coeruleus Neurons. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 13. 754786–754786. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Wen, Angela M. Arensdorf, Janine M. Simmons, et al.. (2020). The Emerging Science of Interoception: Sensing, Integrating, Interpreting, and Regulating Signals within the Self. Trends in Neurosciences. 44(1). 3–16. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

Poe, Gina R., Stephen L. Foote, Oxana Eschenko, et al.. (2020). Locus coeruleus: a new look at the blue spot. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 21(11). 644–659. 410 indexed citations breakdown →

Bangasser, Debra A., et al.. (2019). Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) circuit modulation of cognition and motivation. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 103. 50–59. 60 indexed citations

Devilbiss, David M., Barry D. Waterhouse, Craig W. Berridge, & Rita J. Valentino. (2012). Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Acting at the Locus Coeruleus Disrupts Thalamic and Cortical Sensory-Evoked Responses. Neuropsychopharmacology. 37(9). 2020–2030. 41 indexed citations

Curtis, Andre L., Steven C. Leiser, Kevin Snyder, & Rita J. Valentino. (2011). Predator stress engages corticotropin-releasing factor and opioid systems to alter the operating mode of locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons. Neuropharmacology. 62(4). 1737–1745. 97 indexed citations

Leiser, Steven C., et al.. (2008). Impact of overactive bladder on the brain: Central sequelae of a visceral pathology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(30). 10589–10594. 33 indexed citations

Valentino, Rita J. & Elisabeth Van Bockstaele. (2008). Convergent regulation of locus coeruleus activity as an adaptive response to stress. European Journal of Pharmacology. 583(2-3). 194–203. 427 indexed citations

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España, Rodrigo A., Rita J. Valentino, & Craig W. Berridge. (2003). Fos immunoreactivity in hypocretin-synthesizing and hypocretin-1 receptor-expressing neurons: effects of diurnal and nocturnal spontaneous waking, stress and hypocretin-1 administration. Neuroscience. 121(1). 201–217. 121 indexed citations

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Rouzade‐Dominguez, Marie‐Laure, Richard R. Miselis, & Rita J. Valentino. (2003). Central representation of bladder and colon revealed by dual transsynaptic tracing in the rat: substrates for pelvic visceral coordination. European Journal of Neuroscience. 18(12). 3311–3324. 63 indexed citations

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Commons, Kathryn G., et al.. (2002). A Neurochemically Distinct Dorsal Raphe-Limbic Circuit with a Potential Role in Affective Disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology. 28(2). 206–215. 172 indexed citations

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Valentino, Rita J., Richard R. Miselis, & Luis A. Pavcovich. (1999). Pontine regulation of pelvic viscera: pharmacological target for pelvic visceral dysfunctions. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 20(6). 253–260. 110 indexed citations

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Druhan, Jonathan P., Mark A. Geyer, & Rita J. Valentino. (1998). Lack of sensitization to the effects of d -amphetamine and apomorphine on sensorimotor gating in rats. Psychopharmacology. 135(3). 296–304. 35 indexed citations

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Pavcovich, Luis A. & Rita J. Valentino. (1997). Regulation of a putative neurotransmitter effect of corticotropin-releasing factor: effects of adrenalectomy.. PubMed Central. 17(1). 401–8. 45 indexed citations

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Aston‐Jones, Gary, MT Shipley, Guy Chouvet, et al.. (1991). Afferent regulation of locus coeruleus neurons: anatomy, physiology and pharmacology. Progress in brain research. 88. 47–75. 440 indexed citations

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Valentino, Rita J., Michelle E. Page, & Andre L. Curtis. (1991). Activation of noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons by hemodynamic stress is due to local release of corticotropin-releasing factor. Brain Research. 555(1). 25–34. 217 indexed citations

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Valentino, Rita J. & Stephen L. Foote. (1987). Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Disrupts Sensory Responses of Brain Noradrenergic Neurons. Neuroendocrinology. 45(1). 28–36. 105 indexed citations

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Valentino, Rita J., et al.. (1986). Dissociation of locus coeruleus activity and blood pressure. Neuropharmacology. 25(6). 603–610. 29 indexed citations

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Valentino, Rita J., Seymore Herling, & James H. Woods. (1981). The relationship between the acute behavioral effects of narcotic antagonists and the narcotic-dependent state [proceedings].. PubMed. 17(1). 51–4. 9 indexed citations

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